Hat and method of making same



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HAT Am) uBTmD or MAKING smw Filed Feb. 1, 1929 INVENTOR r: l Jig/manfilm/whey Y MW M AT ORNEY Patented Apr. 23, 1929.

'HYMAN KLEIirBnae, or BROOKLYN, new YORK.

HAT AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME.

Application filed February This invention is an improvement in themanufacture of cloth hats, the main objects being to produce a soft hatwhich will not shrink upon getting wet, which is devoid of visibleseams, will hold its shape, will not be the proper form and firmlysecured to the innor layer by any intermediate layer of waterproofmaterial. The brim is independently formed of separate layers of textilefabric with intermediate stiffening and waterproofing material. I

In the accompanying drawings there is illustrated'one embodiment of myinvention and'certain of the parts employed in the construction thereof.

In these drawings: I v Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the completedhat, the outer ribbon or band being omitted; I

Fig. 2 is an inside view of the crown;

Fig. 3 is a'vertical section through the crown on the line 33 of Fig.2;

. Fig. 4: is a perspective view of thecrown;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the superposed layers employed in making thebrim, portions thereof being broken away;

Fig. 6 is. a transverse section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5

Fig. 7 is a section similar to Fig. 6, showing the outer edge of thebrim after the application of the binding strip, and r Fig. 8 isasection on the line 8 8 of Fig. 1, but on a greatly enlarged scale;

In the manufacture of the crown there is first formed the inner layer orbody which is preferably of felt but may be of other textile material.It maybe a blown body of felt or may be stretched to the proper form, ormay be made up of sections of the proper size and shape and securedtogether.

As shown in Figs. 2 and3, the inner layer.

'10 of the crown is made up of a toppiece 10 and two strips 10" sewedtogether along an upper annular seam, and two side seams. This innerlayer is fitted over a wooden block of appropriate form and is caused toaccurately fit this block by pressing and stretching if needed.

Over this inner layer there is then stretched 1, 1m. Serial No. 336,862.l

' a layer of rubber tissue which will completely cover the inner layerand lic smooth thereon. .The outer layer 12 of the crown is thenapplied. It is preferably formed from a single piece of woven fabricwhich ,is-laid over the top of the crown andcarefully .7

worked and stretched down over the sides of the crown until itcompletely and accurately fits all portions of the outer surface of thelayer of rubber tissue. This workingfand stretching of the cloth will becomparatively easyif the cloth'be loosely woven, but can be accomplishedeven if the cloth be of compara tively close weave or ifitbe of someother kindlof textile fabric. The intermediate and outer layers are116mm stretched condition by any suitable retaining means, asforinstance a tightcord aroundthe lower endof the block over which theyare stretched, and the entire structure is then heated to soften therubber tissue and causeit to adhere to the inner end outer layers;Preferably the outer layer is ironedor pressed in by hand to cause a-hrmcontact with the rubber tissue throughout the entlre area. Thereafterthe crown is removed from the block and is trimmed* around the loweredge to produce a construc-, tion substantially asshown in FigsQ, 3and4.

A sizing strip 13 is securedto the inner surface of the crown of theproper length de pendingupon the size of thehat; This strip is ofinelastic. material. and when the ends thereof are secured togetherandthe strip is secured against the inner surface of the crown'itprevents anystre'tchingof the crown and holds it to the definitepredetermined size. A'bindin'g strip 14 of substantially inelasticnaterial is then secured. around'th'ef lower open endof the crown,toenclose the 1 edges of the layers and theedge of the sizing strip, andto give to the crown afinished appearance. If desired,- a layer ofrubber tissue is employed on the inner surfaceof the bind mg. I

In forming the brim there are employed 'two layers 15 and 1 6 ofcloth,-a layer 17 of.

canvas or other stiffening material, and two layers 18' and 19'of rubbertissue. The intermediate layer 17 may be of burlap, duck, 1

felt, .orother material. The two layers of cloth are preferably. of thesame character as that used to form the outer layer of the crown, and inassembling the variouslayers to'make up the brim, thetwo layers areplaced together asshown in Figs. 5 and 6. A binds ing strip 20 is thensewed to the outer edge of the brim, as shown in Fig. 7. This bind ingis of inelastic material, rubberized on the inner surface, and inattaching it the main layers may be contracted somewhat so as tofacilitate the later forming of the roll or upturn of the outer. edge ofthebrim, Theres after the upper cloth layer is folded around the bindingstrip into engagement with the lower rubber tissue layer 19, and theentire brim is heated and pressed in molds of the proper form to givethe curl to the brim and to permanently connect all of the layers Thelayer 15 is originally cut'of slightly larger diameter than the otherlayers to facilitate the folding aroundthe outer edge and both clothlayers may be made of slightly less inner diameter than the intermediatestiffening layer to provide a comparati ely flexible inner edge formedonly with upper and lower cloth layers 16 and 15 which maybe sewed tothe inner surface of the crown, as shown in Fig. 8. After the attachingof the brim to the crown the usual'leather sweat band 21 maybe securedin place, and any form of ribbon or band (not shown) may be appliedaround the lower outer portion of the crown. In my improved constructionthe upper surface-of the brim, the under surface of the brim, and theouter surface of the crown are 7 each formed of a single piece ofmaterial.

They are each secured to a stiffening or reinforcing layer by adhesivewhich in itself forms a waterproof layer so that the 'stiffein ing layercannot become wet from'rain or snow, and therefore will not shrink andwill hold the outer cloth layers against'shrinkage even though thelatter be of woolen cloth or other material which would tend to shrinkwhen wet. Both the crown and brim are of sufiicient stiffness to retainthe desired form but may be bent or folded in any manner without injurytothe' hat. The hat has a 1 very much more attractive appearance thanthe ordinary form of cloth hat inwhich the crown is f0rmed-ofseparatesections connected by a plurality of seams. 7 p Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new and Patent is:

1. The method of making a hat crown which includes forming the innerlayer of the desired shape, rigidly supporting it from the interior,applying a layer of a waterproof adhesive material to the outer surface,f0rming an outer layer by stretching a single piece of woven textilefabric to fit the top and sides desire to secure by Letters of thecrown, applying an inelastic sizing strip to the surface of the crownadjacent to its lower open edge, and applying a binding around the loweredge of the crown and the lower edge of said strip. I a

2. ,he method of making a hat crown which includes forming an innerlayerrof the desired shape, rigidly supporting itfrom the interior,applying thereto a layer of rubber tissue, forming an outer layer bystretching the top and sides of the crown, heating and pressing thesuperposed layers with the outer layerin stretched condition to causethe rubber tissue to adhere-to both layers, trimming the outer edge,securing an inelastic sizing strip to said edge, and securing a bindingstrip to enclose the lower edges of said layers and said strip.

3. The method offormin g a hat brim which consists in securing togethertwo layers of woven cloth, a layer of stiffening-material and a singlepiece of woven fabric to conform to a York and State of New York, this30th'day of January A. D. 1929. a

HYMAN KLEINBERQ

